The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-10-06
THE PUBLICS OPINION
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS FROM EV-
ERYWHERE.

EDITORIAL ETCHINGS FROM EV-
| ERYwHERE.
| Il Miscellaneous Mixture of Points,
Personal, Political, Social, and In
dustrial That the Papers are Talking
About.
Col. Polk advocates the selling of
| the Governors palace. just think,
Colonel, how many gubernatorial as
plrants will be disappointed Their
| eyes are set on that ;'etatiai residence;
but the Colonel thinks they are all too
poor to fill it.-Fayettevile Observer.
The Reflector hopes to see Minister
Jarvis represent North Carolina in
the United States Senate GreenriLe
Reflector.
The Georgia Legislature will be in
session until next December. Poor,
poor Georgia '-Nontgomsry Dispatch.
Brother Buck Kitchin, of the Scot
land Neck Dcmocrat-bless his plain
spoken old picture-has escheved pol
itics for the present and devoted his
paper to the discussion of agricultur-
al topics. The editorial page of the
last issue of the Democrat con-
tanned five and one-quarter col
umns of reading matter, all of which
treated Of farming, except one short
article about the public school system
and little political clipping from
another paper-both occupying the
| space of little over half column Bro
Kitchin is a horny handed son of toll
end has hay-seed in his hair-Lenoir
Topic.
1t is as important that the candidate
shall be popular in the East as we'll as
in the West. We want man known
all over the State one who is acquaint-
ed with the people, knows something
of their habits and wants. Such a
| man is Judge Gilmer.-Nete Beree
| Journal.
The Hillsboro Recorder suggests
that Col. VIM. L. Saunders, at pres
ent Secretary of State, would make a
most valued member of the United
States Senate to succeed Gen. Ran
som.
1t is to be hoped that at the re-
union of ex- -Confederates at the State
fair next month that plan will be
formulated which will provide home
for those of our soldiers who are un-
able to take care of themselves. Col.
Beasley deserves assistance in the
laudable undertaking for which he
has heretofore labored in vain and
alone.-Stae Er.
When old "Pig- Iron" Kelly looked
upon the Philadelphia display of
trades and traffics and manufactures
he said with the nasal twang" pecul-
lar to the politicians of the North that
but for Protection such a display
could not have been made. Some
body had been bled to do all this.
Who was it? The poor taxpayer.
P-I K showed by his remark, as an
able North Carolinian said to us, what
was the complexion of the colored
gentleman in the wood pile. Pig-Iron
knew very we'll that the display was
first great Philadelphia advertise
ment. And second, that such Penn
sylvanian displays were made at the
expense of fifty odd millions of people
who had not one cent invested in man.
ufactortes but whose part in the pro-
cession WAS to pay a premium, a tax
bounty to the fellows who advertis
ed their wares Wilmington Star.
|
"God bless the hand that threw the
bomb" says a Chicago Anarchist
Doubtless Providence will but il
will be a left handed blessing wrapped
in black cap, and orhamented with
coil of rope.-WH. Messenger.
If Harrison Riddleberger were go
, ing about with subscription paper
for The benefit of an orphan asylum, il
Malone would subscribe a cent
When statesman once loses conf
dence in a statesman, no money ever
again passes between them, even fo1
charitable purposes.-Louisville Coatr-
, i@-Journal.
John Sherman says he is no candi
: date. Oh no, John never was He
also says, Gas am an honest man.
But John isn't VII. Star.
Statistics show that the Southern
, States spend annually over 100000
more for schools than for all other
public purposes. In the light of these
facts no man can deny that the South
believes iii education and that it i.
= more than generous to the eolored
people who get at least half of this
sum.-Goldsboro Argus.
, We are glad to learn that ths
"Guil1ord Battle Ground Company
is, so far, success. It has bought
and paid for sixty acres of the land
: nearly all it wants, has built little
gem of a cottage for keepers lodge
has cleared up part of the land and
opened out tho roads. 1t has gran
ite monument for Col. Forbis, and 6
'slovely red marble obelisk" as pres
ent, and the State is making a pyra.
mid of granite blocks to mark the
/ spot. An efford is being made to in
duce Baltimore to erect a monument
to the LIST Maryland regiment, "tht
: noblest heroes of the Revolution
| says our correspondent. We doub1
not that the appeal will be successful
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